48 Rhymes For LAYOFFS

• the final payment of a debt

• payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment

• the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

• a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing

• a departure; especially of airplanes

• the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne

• a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

• humorous or satirical mimicry

• any final competition to determine a championship

• an unauthorized copy or imitation

• A bad deal; an unfair or exorbitant price or rate.

• A theft or robbery.

• A scam.

• A copy, especially one that is illegal or inferior.

• a sale of a relatively large number of assets (stocks or bonds or commodities) at a low price typically done to dispose of them rather than as normal trade

• An offshoot.

• An incidental benefit or unexpected pay-off.

• By-product.

• A fictional work where the protagonist was introduced in a preceding work or at least shares the same setting, often in a different aspect.

• The formation of a subsidiary company that continues the operations of part of the parent company; the company so formed.

• an exchange that occurs as a compromise

• Something that has been rejected or discarded; a reject.

• a designated limit beyond which something cannot function or must be terminated

• a route shorter than the usual one

• a device that terminates the flow in a pipe

• the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided

• the act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand

• to take off from the body or head

• To kill.

• To switch off.

• showing your contempt by derision

• laugh at with contempt and derision

• treat with contemptuous disregard

• a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis

• exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion

• a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)

• a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater

• a concave shape with an open top

• a treasury for government funds

• a long narrow shallow receptacle

• a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed

• the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination

• An abrupt rebuff, a snub or curt rejection, a disdainful dismissal.

• (American football) a play in which one player hands the ball to a teammate

• (football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score

• the time at which something is supposed to begin

• a start given to contestants

• the initial ascent of a rocket from its launching pad

• A play in which a pitcher throws a live ball to a fielder so that the fielder can tag out a baserunner who has moved away from the base

• a pretext for delay or inaction

• the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity

• a final election to resolve an earlier election that did not produce a winner

• structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly

• A person given to egotistically attempting to demonstrate prowess or ability.

• A provider of financial services, especially a small-scale independent banker or money changer or a local expert at detecting bad coin.

• A cashier, especially for a carpark.

• Short for shroff office: the office of a shroff at a carpark, etc.

• A valve used to turn off something.

• The act of turning off something.

• An obvious clue or indication.

• A report of suspicious behaviour, especially to an authority.

• informal term for an upper-class or wealthy person

• something causing antagonism or loss of interest

• a side road where you can turn off

• a piece of land held under the feudal system

• A hillock.

• A homestead, especially one on a hill.

• A messuage with right of common.

• put in possession of land in exchange for a pledge of service, in feudal society